The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-11
Yesterdays Work of the American
Association.
The Success of the Plan of Burn
ing City's Garbage.
The Relation Between National and
State Quarantine Service.
The Lomb Prize for tho Best Cooking
Resolutions Censuring New York's
Quarantine Oficers Entered
"A Day of Hard Work.


the American Public Health Association
was called to order by President Sternbcrg
at few minutes past 10 O'Clock Yesterday
morning. Being decidedly business
body, but little time was wasted in prclim-
inaries. DR.. Thornton stated that the only
announcement he had TO make was an in
vitation through Judge Hammond from
Miss Cora Conway TO the association, or so
many of its members was desired, to visit
her school in the afternoon. The invita-
ton was accepted.
The executive committee recommended
the adoption Of the resolution offered by
DIR. Robe, of Baltimore, appointing n com
mittee TO study the methods and effects of
protective inoculations against infectious
diseases. The resolution offered by DR..
Oldright, Of Canada, concerning the dis
posal of excreta from railway cars, and
also the resolution OF DIR. Baker, of Michi-
gan, looking TO the enumeration OF food
animals in the census OF 1890 were adopted.
The resolution offered the day before by
DIR. Hunt, Of New jersey, looking to the
adoption Of the Miller-C Carey bill, intro
duced in the last Congress, was amended
80 as TO ask for more comprehensive legis-
lation, and was then adopted
DIR. Robe then read the following tcle-
gram:
ROCHESTER, n. Y, Nov. g.
To Or. Irving A. Watson, Secretary American Pub
lie Health Association:
II association approves, viii offer one prize Of
500 and one Of $50 for the best essays ON the fol
lowing subject Practical Sanitary and Economic
Cooking, adapted Tor persons OF small means. II
letter mailed today does not reach you IN time Use
telegram. II. LoMB.
The telegram was received with APP
plause, and on motion Of DIR. johnson was
referred to the executive committee.
The following new members were then
elected: X. b. Nall, Memphis; J. =. Nc
Gee, Memphis; :. w. lIudspeth, llazcn,
Ark; :. X. Dunn. Greenyille, Miss; T. G..
Dabncy, Memphis; Sidney Thompson,
Kcrrvillc, Tenn; Roland II. Smith, Pitts
burg, Pa; Samuel. +. Ledbcttcr, Birming-
ham; w. F. Griswold, Memphis; Gilbert
V. Rambaut, Memphis; VIM. l.. Clark,
Memphis.
Dr. A. n. Bell, Of Brooklyn, offered the
following amendment TO the constitution:
''To strike out Of Article y, referring TO
members OF the executive committee, the
words, and cx-prcsidcnis Of the associa-
ton, and add 20 Article 10, entitled, 'Ad-
visory Council after the words, as n
nominating committee of officers for the
ensuing year. by adding none Of whom
shall bc members Of It's own body, thus
providing that no member OF the advisory
council can be nominated foronicc." The
amendment, under the rule, was laid over
for one year. The following resolutions,
by DIR. j. Mccormack, OF Kentucky, were
read and referred:
whereas This association has hcari with surprise
and alarm that after four ycnI. ol warning Nsatc
cholera found The authorities of the part uf New
York totally huprcpapd To deal with II. aud.
whereas the administration 81 the quarantine reg.
New York, at this time s Of the highest impor.
taucc.
Ne il resolved, That this association urges upon
the authorities Of thc state aud Iort " New York
such revision and m0dcrniziug oi their methods
rs will insurc protection from exotic plaques"
After the reading Of the above rcsolu-
ton Dr. Bell, Of Brooklyn, offered the fol-
lowing, which was referred:
Resolved That committee Of thrcc be np.
pointed 10 consider aud IMPORT upon such sanitary
aud medical services on huari cmignint passenger
vessels o. may be subject 10 COngrcss.
This closed the preliminary business,
and the regular program was taken up.
THE DISPOSAL oF GARBAGE.
One Of the most important papers read
W llt lNfNiHA IlitllHE W Nllf NN-t'lillbil
was that by DR. l.. lahcrgc Yesterday, on
the question Of the disposal of garbage 10y
fire. lie briefly described the difficulty
Montreal had encountered in solving tai.
health problem. There, ~ elsewhere, the
principal method Of dspOsing Of waste
matter was by its removal beyond the city
limit, where gullcys rayincs, marshes,
quarry pits, etc, could be- had 90 receive
II. This system Of disposal was n sourc,
Of great inconvenience, and an actual nui.
sance, aud for several years the city board
Of health was engaged in nm attentive study
al the question Of dealing with the diff
Guilty. Incarceration had always been
.considcrcd the most complete and certain
manner Of destroying refuse, and In lSS
the board resolved 10 make nm nj
tempt in this direction. A description
Of The Mann incincruiOr, which Wa
accepted at bonus Of 5000 pei
annum 10 the inventor, was then given
During the late epidemic another sourc,
of danger and alarm arose. II therefor,
became necessary 90 institute spccia
~ ,icc for the removal aud destruction o
M. Ter containing the germs Of coniagiou
disNf-es. These were smallpox, diphtho
rim. AArlct and typhoid icvcrs, etc. DE
structiAp by fire Of the entire collection o
olIal reiiioyed from the city was decide,
upon. Again Mr.. Mann submitted tcnde
which the board accepted and the ~!
council mtifcd and In the early "
last wear entered into contract wiz N
for the period Of five years, Ut the 90 q
1900 per annum. The scaycng w0rl
In Montreal h now performed y he fol
lowing manner TheI city - divide,
lcngthwisc into three districts, each q
which Is visited by the scaycngcrs twice
week, between the hours OF O'Clock =. M
and \ o'clock q. m. Citizens arc require
20 collect the refuge accumulating on
premises and put Il out in vc ~
Of q capacity not crater -,
that OF on ordinary flour barre
either In the streets In front oiTheir house
or In the lanes contiguous thereto, whe
they are large enough TO admit G
the scavcndng vehicles. lhis matte
Is then collected by the scavcnge
and conveyed to the incineraior, WheI
M IL DESTROYED. A bylaw formerl
existed requiring the separation OF III
ashes from The garbage, but~NMM1sunt Z
leonl entanglomcnis Il was abandoned. A
certain periods Of the year, viz: during th
months of April and May, the scaycngn
work In Montreal assumed serious propo
lions owing 10 the extensive accumt
ln,ion formed during the winter. ]
Iss, the board Of health, In order
ayo,d having the streets and lanes filed !
lie day time with MI kinds of unsighil
rrccptaclcs, decided 10 have the work ca
ried on nj night This pecessilatcd 81. !!
crease In the expenditure over prcviiol
ycarr. the total amounting 900. IN lS'
Inc cost reached Si7, 200 IN lsSni S-2,Oo
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